Caracterización de la histomorfología del hipocampo después del tratamiento con extracto de la raíz de R. vomitoria Rauwolfia vomitoria induce alteración del hipocampo

Caracterización de la histomorfología del hipocampo después del tratamiento con extracto de la raíz de R.
vomitoria Rauwolfia vomitoria induce alteración del hipocampo

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Moses B. Ekong
Ubong Ekpene
Agnes A. Nwakanma
Christopher C. Mbadugha

Resumen

Rauwolfia vomitoria (RV) Afzel es una planta antipsicótica utilizada por varias comunidades africanas en el tratamiento de enfermedades psiquiátricas con buenos resultados. Las preocupaciones sobre sus efecto sobre la actividad cerebral conducen a esta investigación de su acción sobre la microestructura del hipocampo.


Materiales y métodos: Se asignaron veinticuatro ratas Wistar macho adultas de un peso medio de 200 g, en cuatro grupos (n = 6): control; 200, 300 y 400 mg / kg de peso corporal de extracto de corteza de raíz de RV, respectivamente. La administración fue una vez al día y por vía oral durante siete días. Se realizó una observación diaria de los animales hasta el día ocho, cuando fueron sacrificados después de una anestesia profunda. Cada cerebro fue procesado para estudios histológicos e inmunohistoquímicos.


Resultados: Los animales en los grupos de RV de 200, 300 y 400 mg / kg parecían generalmente apagados y somnolientos, y apenas alimentados. Su histología hipocampal mostró atrofia neuronal y cariorrexis, sin diferencia en el recuento celular, aunque el número de células piramidales disminuyó en los grupos de RV de 300 y 400 mg / kg. La enolasa específica de neuronas disminuyó en el grupo de RV de 400 mg / kg, mientras que el neurofilamento disminuyó en todos los grupos de prueba. La expresión y densidad de la proteína fibrilar ácida glial aumentó en los grupos de RV de 200 y 300 mg / kg, pero no en el grupo de RV de 400 mg / kg, todos en comparación con el grupo de control.


Conclusión: Las dosis administradas de extracto de corteza de raíz de RV en ratas Wistar adultas mostraron actividades sedantes, con cambios histopatológicos del hipocampo, que pueden no ser reversibles, lo que conduce al déficit funcional del hipocampo.

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